Unit 1 An Introduction to TCM

Text A Formation and Development of Chinese Medical Theory

Text B Traditional Chinese Medicine: An Introduction

Unit 2 Yin Yang

Text A Application of the Four Principles of Yin-yang to Medicine

Text B Yin and Yang: A Brief Introduction

Unit 3 The Five Elements

Text A Use of the Five Elements in Medicine

Text B The Five Elements and the System of Numbers

Unit 4 Qi, Blood and Body Fluids

Text A Qi

Text B How Do the Vital Substances and the Organs Interact

Unit 5 Zang-fu Theory

Text A Zang Organs

Text B The Vital Organs: Zang-fu theory

Unit 6 Channels and Vessels

Text A The Twelve Primary Channels

Text B The Functions of the Channels

Unit 7 Four Examinations and Eight Principles

Text A Four Examinations

Text B The Eight Principles in Tongue Diagnosis

Unit 8 Causes of Disease

Text A Causes of Disease in Chinese Medicine

Text B Etiology of Headache

Unit 9 Pathogenesis

Text A The Laws of Pathogenesis

Text B Cardiovascular-Disease Mechanisms

Unit IO Principles of Treatment and Life Cultivation

Text A Principles and Methods of Treatment

Text B Basic Recommendations of Chinese Dietetics

Key to Exercises

Glossary

References